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28. Maybe. More research is probably needed, assuming there is

Thu May 7, 2020, 10:43 AM

May 2020

a real connection at all between smoking and less risk. I'm not sure that has been established firmly yet.

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Smoke 'em if you've got 'em... [View all] brooklynite May 2020 OP

IMHO it's that coating of goo on the interior of the lungs jberryhill May 2020 #1

It's possible that nicotine interferes with the virus's ability to MineralMan May 2020 #2

I do believe I've read of studies of nicotine as a treatment...nt Wounded Bear May 2020 #3

I'll have to go look for those. MineralMan May 2020 #7

Naw... smokers just spend more time breathing through a filter jberryhill May 2020 #16

Maybe. More research is probably needed, assuming there is MineralMan May 2020 #28

Maybe there's a way to, you know, inject the tar and you'll check that out? Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #29

Absolutely! Start smoking/vaping now! PCIntern May 2020 #5

Nicorette gum would be a better choice. MineralMan May 2020 #6

The gum doesn't get into the lungs Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #14

Maybe not the way you chew it, but... jberryhill May 2020 #17

LOL Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #26

That's true. However, if it is the nicotine that is having the effect, MineralMan May 2020 #27

And it's extremely addicting! Mossfern May 2020 #23

I think it's the tar as well HarlanPepper May 2020 #15

But that headline is simply based on the same numbers jberryhill May 2020 #20

Damn! I quit my life long tobacco habit 4 years ago. panader0 May 2020 #8

"Chesterfield is my favorite." mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #9

***VERY*** Interesting data, wish we could hear from our CDC on this uponit7771 May 2020 #10

Luckily, I just bought a carton yesterday. nt WhiskeyWulf May 2020 #12

And if covid doesn't get you, lung cancer likely will. LisaL May 2020 #18

Yeah, it doesn't make you any healthier Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #21

Hey. Alcohol disinfects. LisaL May 2020 #22

Yeah, not the kind you can drink though :) Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #24